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It was always unfair to stigmatize rock group Cinderella as a hair band because the Philadelphia foursome led by singer Tom Keifer was better than that.

Founded in the mid-1980s, Cinderella has sold nearly 20 million records, mostly when MTV was popular, and “Don’t Know What You’ve Got (Till it’s Gone)” and “Gypsy Road” remain to this very day among Rock’s great anthems.

Keifer, the key creative force in Cinderella, has a new solo album, “The Way Life Goes,” and he’s touring by himself for the first time including a show Thursday, May 2 at Canyon Club in Agoura and Saturday, May 4 at House of Blues in Anaheim.

With an amazing, raspy voice and a knack for writing songs that lodge themselves on the brain and refuse to leave for days, Keifer has always been the focal point in Cinderella, and the plan is to play lots of the band’s classic hits on the solo tour. He is 52, having grown-up from his pretty-boy glam days (but not completely, thankfully), and Keifer could probably spend the rest of his life explaining why Cinderella was a cut above, but he does not have to.

We know.

It will be interesting to see if the iconic singer can pull off the same vibe on his own, and it’s a good bet Keifer will do just that, considering his voice, songwriting and production were such vital components to Cinderella’s success.

But don’t just take our word for it. Keifer granted the Los Angeles Daily News an exclusive interview, and you can feel his honesty.

L.A.DAILY NEWS: You’re taking a little break from Cinderella for the first time.

TOM KEIFER: Yeah, we’ve been touring a lot in the last 10 years, and that’s been great, being on the road, and we’ll still continue to do that, but it was time for a break, a little hiatus. It’s a good window, a good opportunity for me to release a solo record. I mean, forever I’ve been the main songwriter and singer and guitar, and that’s a natural thing for me to be that way. I was actually first going to do a solo record in 1998 but the deal went south and everyone ended up in court with a lawsuit.

DAILY NEWS: Well, the new record sounds good. Are you proud of it?

KEIFER: Yeah, I am. It’s something that I took my time doing with no one breathing down my neck, no one looking over my shoulder, so I was able to take as long as I wanted. I’m happy with where it is at now because there have been a lot of twists and turns.

DAILY NEWS: Speaking of going south, you’re in Nashville now, Tom?

KEIFER: Yeah, I’ve been here for a while.

DAILY NEWS: I bet you’ve never seen a country band swing their guitars around their shoulders like you guys do in Cinderella.

KEIFER: (laughs) No, I haven’t seen that one yet, but maybe someone will try it soon.

DAILY NEWS: You have a unique look, a unique face. Do people recognize you in Nashville?

KEIFER: Yeah, sometimes. I guess on the couple of times that I ever leave the house.

DAILY NEWS: Do you like that or no?

KEIFER: I don’t really think about it one way or the other. Years ago as a kid, it was always about music to me. I guess everyone has different motivations when then get into the music business, and my motivation was purely for the music. The fame thing, I never felt one way or the other. It doesn’t bother me, but it’s not something I crave or need. But yeah, it’s nice when fans come up and talk about the music. That means a lot to me. Sometimes they tell me about their lives, and I tell them about my life, and then we go.

L.A. DAILY NEWS: One thing about Cinderella. The first album was huge with “Shake Me” and “Nobody’s Fool” and “Night Songs,” yet the band evolved. You added a lot of things, a lot of elements to the next albums, and the group became even more successful. You took chances.

KEIFER: Yeah, we really grew as far as the main elements of production and presentation. The first record was pretty basic, pretty dry with some production elements. Then we started adding more guitar pieces and piano and strings, just a lot more color and presentation. It was part of the learning process with (the second album) “Long Cold Winter,” and then “Heartbreak Station” was even more creative. We did double and quad tracking, a little more slick and more processed. The first two are a little more raw. It was only natural.

DAILY NEWS: When the band first broke, I was in Los Angeles so I was more into the L.A. bands like Motley Crue and Guns N’ Roses, and then all of sudden Cinderella broke, big-time, and from my perception it seemed like you guys kind of came from nowhere. Considering it all happened in Philadelphia, did it feel like a Rocky story?

KEIFER: I don’t know. I think we were the first hard-rock band to break out of Philly, and we just never felt the need to move to get a record deal. You know, to move to be more close to A & R people and a lot of the industry. To me, it was more about buckling down and working the songs and sound. We played for years on the South Jersey circuit, which was a huge scene back then, doing all covers. We were very talented but got caught up in the cover scene, and once in a while we would do one of our own songs. We started to develop our own sound and songs, and we made a conscious decision to get out of that business of playing clubs. Instead, we got day jobs to support ourselves and work on our songs.

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DAILY NEWS: Interesting. In Los Angeles, you wouldn’t have needed to work a day job.You could have just moved in with a stripper like all the other bands did back then.

KEIFER: Yeah, that’s the L.A. way (laughs). In Philadelphia, you have to actually work if you want to take the pressure off to work on your own material. We got serious writing and developing our sound, and we banged on a lot of doors.

DAILY NEWS: Were there some tough times, some lean years before you hit it big?

KEIFER: Oh yeah, certainly. I mean, I started doing this when I was a sophomore in high school, Eventually, I kind of had a standoff with my parents and moved out on my own to play music, and there were quite a few lean years. I used to eat grits right out of the box because that was all I could afford. I can remember the days when you would get a McDonald’s burger here or there, but that was a rare treat.

DAILY NEWS: Eventually you must have earned millions of dollars, of course.

KEIFER: It’s not as much as you would think. I mean, it’s not a whole lot of money, but yeah, we made enough to still be able to live today off that success, plus we have a fan base still, and I’m very grateful to have been so successful because all these years later, we still have money.

DAILY NEWS: Now just to be straight, the solo shows are full-on electric, not an acoustic thing, right?

KEIFER: Yes, it’s mostly full-on electric with one or two songs broken down on acoustic, but most of the set is full-on rock. In the middle of the show, we do a little storyteller thing, but even the new stuff, it’s full-on electric. It’s a mix of old tunes and new tunes. I mean, I’m not known for doing a lot of talking on stage. I just come on, and we do full-tilt rock, but it is nice to kind of relax and say a few words sometimes, to share some stories. It’s really unique.

DAILY NEWS: I’ve got to ask you about your image. You’re kind of known for being a bit sullen and dark. Do you portray yourself that way on purpose?

KEIFER: I’m not trying to portray anything. You know what the press says, how I’m a little reclusive and shy, and maybe I get nervous in some situations, but I always try to be myself. The first publicist I ever had at PolyGram, Sherry Green, she gave me the best advice you can ever give a young artist, and that’s just be yourself. So it’s 25 years later, and I’ve always been stuck with me. I am who I am.

DAILY NEWS: You’re married to Savannah Snow, a Nashville songwriter who collaborated on your solo record.

KEIFER: Yes, she is a very talented singer/songwriter in her own right, probably one of the best songwriters I’ve ever met. She is the co-producer, and she wrote a lot of the songs on the record.

DAILY NEWS: And you have a son. Can we put his name in the newspaper?

KEIFER: Yes, his name is Jaidan. He just turned 9.

DAILY NEWS: Interesting. Is he musical?

KEIFER: He’s very musical, but he’s also very athletic. He’s just a great kid all around but very gifted with sports.

DAILY NEWS: You’re kind of tall and athletic-looking. Were you a good athlete, too?

KEIFER: I didn’t play organized sports but I loved playing hockey and also some of the neighborhood sports. There was always a football game going on, or a street-hockey game. My son is more into basketball. He can shoot 3-pointers. That’s his favorite spot on the court.

Don Felder, the legendary former guitarist for the Eagles and also a New York Times best-selling author, is performing at a fundraising event in Palm Springs on Saturday, May 18 at the Indian Canyons Golf Resort. All proceeds benefit the Hanson House Foundation (http://festivalinthecanyons.com/ for more info).

He has a new solo album called “Road to Forever.” “Wash Away” is the album’s second single, features Styx singer/guitarist Tommy Shaw on backing vocals. He also co-wrote the song with Felder.

Rolling Stone (France) called the CD “one of those timeless albums, cut to ride on highways, which we love to know still exist.” While Musicradar.com hailed: “The album’s 12 cuts are heartfelt and direct, a catchy and soulful musical autobiography that steers clear of mawkish self-indulgence. And Felder’s guitar playing – rendered with but a fraction of his nearly 300 instruments! – is as stirring as ever.” And Premier Guitar praised: “Felder is back with his trademark guitar choirs and hooky riffs.”

Felder wrote or co-wrote all the songs and performs guitar and lead vocals on the album, which boasts a long list of iconic guest performers including: David Crosby, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, Steve Lukather, David Paich and Steve Porcaro of Toto, Randy Jackson, Styx’s Tommy Shaw and others. It was produced by FELDER along with Robin DiMaggio (Paul Simon, Steve Vai).

Road to Forever features 12 rousing, guitar-driven original tracks anchored firmly in the classic L.A.-rock sound he perfected as guitarist for The Eagles for 27 years. Filled with songs that reflect on life, love’s gains and losses, and redemption, the album is a return to center stage for the celebrated musician. It was conceived during a long period of introspection that also resulted in his 2008 New York Times best-selling autobiography HEAVEN AND HELL: MY LIFE IN THE EAGLES (1974-2001).

After his acrimonious separation from The Eagles and the dissolution of his 29-year marriage, Felder says he was inspired to “write out the stories of my life as songs. After I collected myself, I found I needed to go out and play music again, and that’s how I began recording the album. In the process, I found out who I really am – I had to find out what happened when I almost lost it all.”

PASADENA – The Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Elizabeth Doran, Executive Director) in association with Todd Gershwin and Daniel Chilewich of One Night Productions, LLC, the Estate of Janis Joplin and Jeff Jampol of JAM, Inc. announced that in less than four weeks into its engagement, ONE NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN has officially become the highest-grossing production in the history of The Pasadena Playhouse, breaking a previous record held by Stormy Weather which played for eight weeks in January – March, 2009. The production enters its final two weeks of performances, playing through April 21, 2013.

“Over the past few weeks this show has been filling our theatre with tremendous energy, theatricality, and sheer musical JOY,” said Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director of The Pasadena Playhouse. “That is a great accomplishment for all involved and I am tremendously grateful. To have the show additionally break box office records at this point in the run is a delicious cherry on top of an already satisfying sundae. I look forward to JANIS continuing to rock The Playhouse through the final weeks of the run.”

Critical praise for ONE NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN includes:

“ONE NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN WILL ROCK YOUR WORLD”
CRITIC’S CHOICE. “Neither venue nor attendees may ever be the same. In a cosmic collusion of persona and perception, this electrifying concert musical resurrects the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll with the sort of seismically sensational results normally encountered at stadiums and pop festivals. Eschewing the biographical narrative gyrations of say, Jersey Boys, the premise of One Night is basic, unvarnished and supremely effective…jaws drop…Given the objective, it’s a triumph for all concerned. They will rock your world.” – David C. Nichols, Los Angeles Times

“It is simply one of the most amazing and emotional experiences offered on any Los Angeles stage so far this year. Critic’s Score: A” – Travis Michael Holder, Backstage

ONE NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN, created, written and directed by Randy Johnson and starring Mary Bridget Davies, who gives an acclaimed performance as Janis Joplin, is a full-on concert experience and musical journey into the inspirations of one of rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest legends. With a voice like whiskey and a laugh like pure joy, Janis Joplin took the music scene by storm. Simultaneously rough and vulnerable, Joplin was dubbed the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, proving music wasn’t just a man’s world anymore. ONE NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN also shines a spotlight on the great African-American blues artists who influenced Janis’ musical style and career, including Bessie Smith, Etta James and Aretha Franklin. This new musical event includes a live onstage band and features Joplin hits and classic songs such as “Piece of My Heart,” “Mercedes Benz,” “Me and Bobby McGee,” “Ball and Chain” and “Summertime” – creating a compelling portrait of an artist through the words and music of one of America’s greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll icons.ONE NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN will play two more weeks through April 21, 2013. The Pasadena Playhouse is located at 39 South El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101. The performance schedule is Tuesday through Friday at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday at 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.; and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Single show ticket prices for ONE NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN range from $69.00 – $107.00, with Premium Seating available for $105.00 – $145.00. Service and theatre restoration fees apply to all purchases. Tickets are available by calling The Pasadena Playhouse Box Office at 626-356-7529. On non-performance dates, the Box Office is open Tuesday – Sunday from 12:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. On performance dates, the Box Office is open Tuesday – Saturday from 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. and Sunday from 12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Tickets are available 24 hours a day at www.PasadenaPlayhouse.org. Group Sales (tickets for 8 or more people) are available by calling 626-921-1161. For additional information on The Pasadena Playhouse, please visit www.PasadenaPlayhouse.org. For additional information on the production, please visit www.OneNightWithJanisJoplin.com, www.facebook.com/janisjoplin, www.twitter.com/janisjoplin or www.wemanagelegends.com.

The Rolling Stones, who rocked London and New York in 2012, announced today that they will kick off their “50 AND COUNTING” tour in Los Angeles at the STAPLES Center on May 2*. The tour debut will be followed by performances in Oakland, San Jose, Las Vegas, Anaheim, Toronto, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia.

“50 AND COUNTING” continues the exhilarating celebration of the band’s first 50 years—five decades of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood bringing their iconic music and ground-breaking stage shows to audiences around the globe.

Tickets for Los Angeles, Anaheim, Boston and Philadelphia go on sale Monday, April 15 at 10AM local time and will be available at www.rollingstones.com.

Citi® cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Friday, April 12 at 10AM local time through Citi’s Private Pass® Program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com

As a part of the general on sale, there are a variety of ticket prices including over a 1,000 tickets per show at $85 (including service charges). Some will be among the best seats in the house in the Tongue Pit, with others spread around the arena. These tickets will be sold as a pair. You will find out your seat location when you pick them up the night of the show.

The Rolling Stones “50 AND COUNTING” tour will be the band’s first venture with worldwide tour promoter AEG Live’s Concerts West.

“50 AND COUNTING” TOUR DATES

May 2* Los Angeles STAPLES Center On sale April 15 @ 10AM PST

May 5 Oakland Oracle Arena On sale now

May 8 San Jose HP Pavilion On sale now

May 11 Las Vegas MGM Grand TBA

May 15 Anaheim Honda Center On sale April 15 @ 10AM PS

May 25 Toronto Air Canada Centre On sale now

May 28 Chicago Chicago United Center On sale now

May 31 Chicago Chicago United Center On sale now

June 3 Chicago Chicago United Center On sale now

June 6 Toronto Air Canada Centre On sale now

June 12 Boston TD Garden On sale April 15 @ 10AM EST

June 18 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center On sale April 15 @ 10AM EST

* Date subject to change pending NBA/NHL playoff schedule.

Download the Official Rolling Stones app, presented by Citi, to be the first to hear breaking news, access exclusive content, listen to and download music, view tour dates and buy tickets, and connect with the band and fans from all over the world via the fan wall. Download now on iOS and Android – now including a brand new iPad optimized version. Visit http://www.rollingstones.com/official-app/ for more information.

AEG Live, the live-entertainment division of Los Angeles-based AEG, is dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performance. AEG Live is comprised of touring, festival, broadcast, merchandise and special event divisions, fifteen regional offices and owns, operates or exclusively books thirty-five state-of-the-art venues. AEG Live’s touring divisions of Concerts West, Atlanta Worldwide Touring, The Messina Group, AEG Live New York and Europe, and Marshall Arts consistently promotes and produces top 10 international tours. The companycurrently produces residency shows at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and is the exclusive promoter at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas. AEG Live is also the largest producer of music festivals in North America from the critically acclaimed Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival to Stagecoach Country Music Festival and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. www.aeglive.com

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KING, the newest artist heralded by Prince, has announced the release of their debut single to the public titled “In The Meantime,” which is now available across various digital platforms including iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Rhapsody, Rdio, and iHeartRadio. The song can be accessed via Soundcloud.
The group, who write, produce and perform all of their own original material including “Move Love” from Robert Glasper’s 2013 Grammy Award winning “Black Radio” album, was discovered by Prince on the web after listening to the “The Story EP” online. Inviting them to open for him on his 2011 tour at the Forum as their introduction to the music industry, he has since become a mentor, advisor and financial backer to the girls and has enlisted Kiran Sharma as their manager.

Other KING supporters include Erykah Badu, ?uestlove of the Roots, and Phonte Coleman of The Foreign Exchange, each of whom initially helped start the twitter movement that made their independently released 3 song EP “The Story” a viral success. The group members – twin sisters Paris and Amber Strother and friend Anita Bias began writing and recording together as a group in 2009 after the twins met Anita and discovered a unique yet similar style.
Paris, who produces KING‘s music, says, “everything happened very quickly with the EP release, from opening for Prince to beginning to write and record our full-length album. We are so excited to come out to the world with the new music we’ve been carefully developing. We’re thrilled that Prince has provided us with a platform to do this, and are overjoyed that we were able to produce the new album the way we envisioned it.”
Anita adds, “We make music that we as music fans would like to hear. We share the same tastes, and we appreciate and invest in each other’s ideas. I have learned so much from working with Paris and Amber, and couldn’t fathom the idea of making music with anybody else.”

There was a time when rock band TRASH COWBOYS was oh-so-close to making it, a headliner a generation ago on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood at such famed clubs as the Roxy, the Whisky and Gazzarri’s. Led by wonder-boy guitarist Bradley Rude and Tommy Lee-style drummer Joey Durant, TRASH COWBOYS were at their best on stage, whipping sold-out crowds into a frenzy.

TRASH COWBOYS’ chorus-heavy sing-along songs were fortified with a dose of dirty sleaze that made the foursome a bit more daring than their contemporaries And like most of the success stories before them like Guns N’ Roses, Motley Crue and Van Halen, the TRASH COWBOYS after-parties always got bigger and better until dawn.

If nothing else, TRASH COWBOYS lived up to their name and proved you don’t need a million-dollar recording contract to live like rock stars.

But then it all faded away.

There was no structure, no organization. A manager? Back then, Bradley Rude and Joey Durant were too busy having the time of their lives.

It was the iconic philosopher Henry David Thoreau who said “never look back unless you are planning to go that way,” and as things turned out, Rude and Durant reluctantly grew up, and each established himself in private business with the white-picket-fence and all that — but neither ever lost their passion for the music.

The hard truth was, the duo never shook off the regrets, never found closure in letting go of the great songs, the great musicianship, the great adulation of the band’s thousand or so fans fortunate enough to enjoy the fleeting comet that was TRASH COWBOYS.

It’s been a long time since the Hollywood streets have reclaimed rock and roll, and like a dream come true, TRASH COWBOYS — reformed and regrouped and re-invigorated with a hot-shot new singer named Eric Scott and rock-star-cool bassist Mark One — are taking one last shot at stardom.

This time, TRASH COWBOYS have wisdom and introspection in their corner, the overgrown boys of before having steeled themselves into worthy men. Plus, the years were not wasted, as Rude and Durant kept on practicing and writing and dreaming.

It’s the spring of 2013, and let the world welcome the new TRASH COWBOYS.

The songs will lodge themselves in your brain for days. The passion has reached a boiling point. Every player is primed and ready to take over the world and to give a finger to what popular music has sadly become – a de-evolution of all the things that had once made rock so mighty.

It’s a big job resurrecting big dreams, and TRASH COWBOYS want to bring it all back.

“I can remember being side by side with the Guns N’ Roses guys, passing out flyers on the Strip,” Rude said. “I ended up designing and building aircrafts, and I was very successful but hated every minute of it. I just had no passion for that.”

The great thinker Langston Hughes once said: “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.”

Joey Durant, who plays drums the way David Lee Roth probably would, knows just what it means to walk away from a dream, however reluctantly. But that does not mean you can’t turn back and start over again.

“I always felt like TRASH COWBOYS should have kept going,” Durant said. “I don’t even know the reasons anymore why we didn’t keep playing. It’s such a fog. But I know the potential for TRASH COWBOYS is outrageously good. I think there is a whole new avenue for us.”

As Durant puts it, everything happens in cycles.

“I walk down the street these days, and kids are wearing Motley Crue t-shirts and Led Zeppelin t-shirts,” Durant said. “I’m like, holy shit, it’s all coming back. The cycle is perfect for us. We’re in a perfect position to start over. We can start a whole new thing 20 years later because the new rock culture is going back to the roots.”

Scott, the god-voiced singer who somehow never made it big, has proved a huge addition. TRASH COWBOYS played a comeback show in January at the Grove in California, and the place went wild for the long-haired singer bursting with charisma. Scott has made the rounds as an up-and-comer metal front man on the East Coast, most notably for Hap Hazzard, and how this man was never scooped up by an arena act remains one of Rock’s great mysteries; once Scott clicked with Trash Cowboys, something magical happened.

TRASH COWBOYS can be the next Guns N’ Roses – the group they were most compared to back in the day – all over again starting now.

“When TRASH COWBOYS sent me the songs, I was really impressed,” Scott said. “This was a once-in-a-lifetime type thing. I couldn’t pass it up. It’s like the rebirth of the old scene. We’re just exploding on the scene. It’s sleaze rock all over again. And without a doubt, this is what the new crowd wants to hear.”

WEST HOLLYWOOD — Crashdiet, Sweden’s answer to Motley Crue, rolls back into town on Friday, March 22, for a concert at the Whisky, and the event figures to be a quite a spectacle in terms of black leather, beautiful girls and, oh yeah, lots of hard-hitting glam rock delivered the old-fashioned way.

The band, led by Mohawked singer Simon Cruz, gets a little bigger every time the foursome returns to America, and this time they’re touring in support of their new CD, Savage Playground.

Martin Sweet plays guitar, Peter London plays bass, and Eric Young plays drums. They’re all good-looking guys with more talent than most of the post-Poison bands back in the day that graduated from the Sunset Strip to MTV.

Crashdiet follows with another show Saturday in San Diego.

Crashdiet plays the Whisky on Friday, March 22

LONDON CALLING

In other rock news, the band London is making a big comeback.

A star attraction on the Sunset Strip a generation ago, the band London was once a breeding ground for rock stardom for some of the early members like Nikki Sixx, Slash, Steven Adler, Izzy Stradlin and Blackie Lawless, but there is now a lot to more to London after a flurry of creativity has breathed new life into the band.

Frontman Nadir D’Priest, the iconic pretty boy heartthrob now all grown up, still has the same star qualities that made London such a buzz band back in the day, and he is singing better than ever — as the world will soon find out upon the release of a live new CD for “London Live,” recorded in Nashville and engineered by the legendary Michael Wagener and produced by Roy Z.

“I knew the record would have to sound big, and it sounds humongous. That’s the best way I can put it,” D’Priest said. “There was a specific sound we needed. It had to sound large or it wouldn’t even be worth doing, and Michael Wagener is great because he’s one of the superstars of producing.”

The band plays Rocklahoma in May in support of Guns N’ Roses and other top acts.

Still in place is guitarist Sean Lewis, who has been in London since 1987, and bassist Brian West, whose London pedigree goes back to 1984. Also, London has pulled a big coup by re-uniting with legendary drummer Alan Krigger, a founding member of Giuffria who joined briefly in 1988 and has also played with Tina Turner, Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys and other superstars.